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Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-08-25
A BUSY LOCALITY.
The Stir Around Broad Street
Bridge.

One of the busiest places in this city
is on Broad street in the vicinity of the
bridge. On one side is the planning
ally turns out thousands of dollars
worth of work. Seldom is it that a
boat is not lying at the wharf dis
charging load of lumber or brick.
The hum Of saw and planning machine
is heard ten hours daily, and numerous
busy hands are at work in the build
ing and well-stocked yards. A little in
the rear of this are the immense lime
sheds of Frazeur & Rice. These, too,
in the season, are scene of activity.
Thousands of bushels of lime are an
nually carted in and out the big gates
which lead to the patent bins in the
sheds. Further up the street is the
big brick building known as the
Bisbing building, now owned bA Mr..
F. NJ. Riley. The first store on the
street is occupied by Trenchard &
Crickler as a machine shop, and the
business under their management has
grown rapidly, until now a large force
of men is employed to turn out the
bottle moulds and intricate pieces of
machinery. Under them, in the base
ment, are the recently organized South
Jersey Paint Works. From early
morning till late at night the wheels
of the paint mill revolve, and all styles,
quality and shades of paint are manu-
featured. During the few months this
firm have been in business they have
been very successful, and they are
now so pushed that their facilities are
becoming too limited.
Next comes the steam shirt factory
and laundry All day long the busy
employees are at work. The noisy
rattle of machinery is occasionally
drowned by the sweet singing of the
fair operators on the second floor.
The factory under its present manage
ment has been highly successful, and
/ has proved a benefit to the city by
giving employment to large number
/ of persons.
The last store is occupied by Fithian
| & Pennell with their flour and feed
business, also coal and wood They
deserve to rank among the prominent
ones of the corner Across the street
is VIM. Riley's blacksmith shop. While
this is not so large building as some
of the others, a proportionately good
| business is done.
Next come kienzle's soap works.
This, too, is getting to be an lmpor-
tant industry here. and hundreds OF
boxes of soap are sent from this estab,
lishment every month.
Mulford & Coombs do lots of busi-
ness with their coal, wood and hay,
to say nothing of their many agricul-
tural implements. And then go in the
little shop of bridge tender Henderson.
Not much capital displayed in high
priced machines, but we venture to
saw that his time when not occupied
in his attention to the bridge, is kept
Just as much occupied as any of the
Others mentioned in his business of re-
pairing the coverings of peoples pedal
eXtremities.
Take it all in all it is one of the
busiest spots and there is thousands
of dollars wrapped up the business OF
the place which greatly benefits the
city.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-08-25

Peach growers of Warren county
are gathering their fruit and shipping
it to market. The wet season has a
tendency to force the peaches, and
they are prematurely ripe. The crop
in Warren county is estimated at 10,-
900 baskets.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-08-25

On Saturday. July 30th, Jennie Win
ter, age sixteen, was married to James
Mann, age twenty-one, a farm hand
on the big Havemeyer stock farm near
Darlington, Bergen county. Jennie is
as fair as a lily, and Mann is a negro,
and in order to deceive the parson,
Jennie blackened her face.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-08-25

The Mount Holly Water Company
has cleansed the reservoir and the
supply pipes, this action having met
the approval of the Board of Health.
1t is thought that the danger of
another outbreak of typhoid feuer has
been reduced to a minimum.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-08-25

John Harris, Solicitor Of Camden
county, will notify lawyers owing the
county fees that unless the same be
forthcoming by Sept. 5, Judge Parker
will be asked for a rule debarring them
from practice.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-08-25

The camp grounds at Sea Girt are
dotted over with 1000 tents in readi-
ness for the Second Brigade Encamp-
ment. A 700 feet artesian we'll will
furnish the water supply.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-08-25

James Taylor, the Oldest operative
whiteware potter in the United States,
died in Trenton on Wednesday in his
18th year. He built the Trenton Pot
terry in 1852, but retired from active
life several years ago.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-08-25

Thomas " Gator, as chairman of
the Prohibition State Committee of
New Jersey, has issued call for a
meeting on September Sth.
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ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
Preparations for the Coming Meeting, When
the Garfield Statue Will Be Unveiled.

Preparations for the Coming Meeting, When
the Garfield Statue Will Be Unveiled.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
WAsHINGToN, April THE executive COM
mittee of the Society of the Army Of the Cum
berland have practically completed the pro.
gramme for the annual meeting of the society.
which will be held in this city on May II and II,
upon which occasion the Garfield statue, to be
erected at the west approach of the Capitol. will
be unveiled The meeting of the society will be
held on the morning of May IL. at which Gen.
Sheridan will preside The Grafton will be de-
llvered on the evening of that day at the Congre-
gational Church. The statue will be unveiled on
May IL, with appropriate ceremonies. at which
the President and the Cabinet will be pres
ent The society will be escorted
to the Capitol by United States
troops and marines stationed at Washington.
the militia of the District and Grand Army
posts. The pedestal for the statue has been
erected on the circle at the intersection of First
street and Maryland avenue, Congress having
appropriated 500, 900 for this purpose. The
statue paid for by the Society of the Army
of the Cumberland. and will be placed the
pedestal the first week of May. On the evening
of May II a grand symposium will be held at
Abners Garden. and on the day. following the
society will be taken to Mount Vernon and
Marshall Hall. At the latter place a dinner of
planked shad will be provided by thes citizens
committee Gen. Absalom Baird. Inspector
general United States army, has been chosen
grand marshal for the procession, which will
escort the society from the Arlington Hotel to
the Capitol to witness the unveiline ceremonies.
The executive committee are advised that fully
five hundred members or the society will be
present at the meeting next month.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-08
PAYING PENSIONS.
An Official Ruling Which Is Expected to
Settle Some Disputed Points

AD Omcial Rul1ng which Is Expected to
Settle Same Disputed Points.
WASHINGTON, April IA difference of opin-
lon and of practice has for some time existed be-
tween the Pension Office and the Office of the
Third Auditor of the Treasury as to when the
payment Of an accrued pension actually becomes
consummated. The question was referred to
the Second Comptroller for final decision, and
he has given his conclusions thereon as follows:
"Flrst-Whe the pension has becomes due
and payable in the lifetime OF the pensioner
and he has executed the usual voucher acknowl-
edging receipt of payment and transmitted the
same to the Pension Office, but dies before the
agent has executed and mailed him a check for
its paym ent. it is clear that there has been in
law, no payment of the pension, but the same
still remains outstanding and must be disposed
of in accordance with the provision of Section
ATS
"Second-Where the voucher has been exc
cuted and delivered to she agent, and the check
has been transmitted to and received by tho
pensioner in his lifetime, the payment has be-
come complete, and the subsequent death of the
pensioner. either before or after indorsing the
check, will not defeat such payment The
check has become his property in his lifetime
and falls into and becomes part of his estate,
60 be disposed of in due course Of administra-
ton.
'sThird-Where the voucher has been exc
cuted by the pensioner and delivered to the
agent, and the check has been mailed by the
agent to the pensioner in his lifetime but was
not received by him, I do not think that.
as a matter Of law, the act or payment has been
so far consummated as TO defeat the rights of
the widow minor children, claims for re-
imbursement under Section 471S. and the check
cannot, in such cases, be properly deemed as
part OF the assets of the estate of the deceased
pensoner To make a complete payment, two
things must occur-the receipt OF the check of
the government by the pensioner, and the exc
cuton by him of an acquittance in proper
form"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-08
THAT JUBILEE CHEESE.
It Was To Have Been Made in Northern Ne
York-A Scotchman,s Shrexd Yentnre

It Was To Have Been Made in Northern New
York-A Scotchman's Shrewd Venture.
Special to the Indianapolis Journas.
WASHINGTON, April Tt turns out that the
big cheese which was to have been presented to
Queen Victoria on the occasion Of her jubilee
was not to have been made from the milk of
Canadian cows, after all. 1t was the American
bovine that was to have furnished the acteal
fluid that would have been necessary to con-
struct the biggest cheese ever produced" Per-
haps this had something to do with her Maiesty's
declination to receive the gift. The proposition
to make this unique presentation came from a
shrewd Scotch chandler. This man had heard
of the American penchant for big things and he
at once conceived the idea Of going little
further than any one had ever gone before in
pressing cheese-curd. About year ago he en-
tered into contract with the cheese kings of
Erie county, New York, for the man
ufacrure of several cheeses of mammoth
proportions. There were something like
dozen of them in all, the largest of which
weighed about 8, 500 pounds. They made
in the town of East Aurora, about seventeen
miles from Buffalo. and as the curd was poured
into the immense hoops bags full of golden SOW
ereigns were scattered through the mass The
cheeses were shipped to Liverpool, and from
there were carried to the large cities of England
and Scotland, where the contractor had stores
shops. At Christmas time these masses of
casein were cut into chunks of five pounds each,
and were eagerly purchased by the customers of
the speculative Scotchman, who reaped rich
harvest out of his venture. 1twas the intention
of this gentleman to have contracted with the
same firm for the Jubilee cheese" il Mrs. Vic.
toria had signifed her willingness to give her
retalners and attendants a surfeit of dairy
products. Her refusal, sent through Sir Henry
Ponsonby. was based upon her express deiermina-
tion not to receive presents from persons not
personally known to her. 1t will ''bear" the
American cheese market point or two.
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LOSSES BY FIRE.
A Somewhat Larger List than Usual, but the
Destruction Is Not Unusually Great.

OSHKOSH, Wis, April THE tannery OF
Metz & Schloerb was totally destroyed bv FIRE
this morning. Loss. sl4, 900; insurance. $ll.9e0.
OMAHA, Neb. April Fire this evening at
South Omaha Union Stockyards, destroyed 400
tons Of hay. 1900 bushels of corn, two carscales
and portion of the yards. Loss, $4,000
DAvENPoRT. Ia. April John Kilieen's
stables, at New Liberty, Scott county. were
burned last night Tnirty-seven booded horses
were destroyed. Loss. $4,000; no insurance
ELMIRA. N. Y. April 7.-Several buildings on
the principal business street of Addison were
burned at midnight. Loss, $4,000 to $50, 900,
uD to A. NJ, when the flames were somewhat
checked. and with the aid of engines from Hor-
nellsvile, will soon be extinguished.
WORCESTER. Mass. April IA dispatch from
West Brookfield says the block belonging to E.
II. Blair was entirely destroyed by fire at
O'Clock this morning The loss will probably
amount to nearly $4,000: insured. The block
was occupied by E. II. Blair & Co. as a general
country store; George Fl. Coidge, millinery; G.
A. Bailey. jeweler. and G. II. Clark, druggist
The fire was the work OF an incendiary.
CHICAGO, April 81 A. MA fire involving a
probable loss of over $4,000 started late
tonight in the Central restaurant, IS
and n East Randolph street The
restaurant was owned by, Mcbride
q McLane. whose loss is estimated at $l5,0 ,000
Jacob Riswig's show case factory was damaged
an equa! amount as also the fancy goods
stock of Charles Kiusman. The building is
damaged about $500
BRIDGEPORT, Conn, April IA serious fire
occurred in large boarding house on State
street, kept by Mrs. James Hutchinson, about
1:30 o'clock this morning. by which four persons
were badly injured. The fire was caused by the
explosion of a kerosene lamp in the kitchen. The
building being wooden structure the fire made
rapid headway and it was with great difficulty
that twenty three inmates of the house escaped
with their lives. All were forced to leave in
their night clothes. Patrick Mooney and John
West, boarders, were severely burned about the
face and limbs. Mrs. Kate Farley the cook, and
Miss Ti!ie Hutchinson jumped from the second
story window receiving severe injuries. The
former IS thought to be internally injured. Mrs.
Hutchinsons loss is 81 coo; uninsured; loss on
building. $500; insured for $3 0o0 Nothing was
saved of the furniture or individual effects.
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The British Not Inclined to Make Concessions
in the Fisheries Matter-Englands Big
Demand on the Government of Hayti.
Ruling Concerning the Stage at Which
Pension Payment sConsummated.
The Coming Meeting of the Army Of the Cum
Decentralization j. Hall Appointed Com
missioner Of Patents-Captal Notes.
GRAVE QUESTIONS.

The Cabinet Considers the Fishery and Other
Complications with Great Britain.
WASHINGTON, April THE Cabinet met at
IL O'Clock to-day. in accordance with the plan
for the summer months and remained in ses-
sion over three hours The meeting was de-
voted almost entirely to consideration of inter
national questions, the most important relating
to the Canadian fisheries. the policy of Great
Britain in regard to the island of Hayti and the
seal fisheries of Alaska. In regard to the fisher
les question, it is understood that information
has been received to the effect that England
sustans the position taken by the Canadian au-
thorities and is in no wise disposed to make the
concessions requested by this government This
question was considered by the Cabinet with a
view to the advisablity of suitable action by the
President under the provisions of the retaliatory
act. The alleged demand of Great
Britain for possession of Tortugus island,
or the payment by the Haytian gov
ernment of $1,000. 900 in settlement Of
old claims, was considered at some length. Tke
United States have great interests in Hayti,
commercial and otherwise. and are deeply con-
cerned in it's welfare and prosperity. A corre-
spondence will be opened with Great Britain on
this subject The Alaska seal fisheries were
discussed with view to their better protection
from foreign interference. 1t is represented
that the interests are now threat ened by the
wanton and wholesale slaughter of seals in the
open ocean. 1t seems that during the day the
female seals leave their young the shores of
the islands in charge of the males, while they
60 miles away in search Of food, with which
they return at night Recently practice has
sprung up of catching the female seals while
they ara in search of food. Their young perish.
as a matter of course and the perpetuation Of
the animals is endangered. The difficulty Of
controlling this matter arises from the alleged
want of jurisdiction of our government over
those waters beyond the threemile limit. The
question will be again considered at future
meeting.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-08
AN ARISTOCRATlC SCANDAL.
A Boston Millionaire Arrested on a Charge
of Stealing a Widows Horse.

BosToN, April I'D. II. Follet. resident of
the aristocratic Back Bay, who is reputed to be
worth nearly million, is under arrest for horse
stealing, or something equally reprehensible. A
year ago wealthy widow of Wellesley Hills,
named Sarah NJ. Shaw, desired to dispose of
peculiarly marked family horse, and asked $400
for the animal Follet, who was visitor at the
widows house. offered to sell the horse for her.
and was allowed to take it away. Four days
later he wrote Mrs. Shaw that the horse was
sick, and that he had sent it to Medford. Ten
days after that he wrote, saying the horse was
dead. little later Mrs. Shaw received from
Medford a bill for the board Of the horse for ten
days. which she paid.
The entire matter was apparently forgotten
by all parties concerned until few weeks ago,
when friends OF Mrs Shaw saw the horse on the
streets of Boston, and SO informed her. Mrs
Shaw employed a private detective who ascer-
tanned that Follet had sold the beast for $500,
ard pocketed the money. Mrs. Shaw recovered
the horse, and has caused Follets arrest on the
charge ef embezzlement and conversion to his
own use OF her property. Follet has been major
of the Lancers. Boston's crack military compa-
ny, and stands high in certain circles.
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A Country Paper Sued for $4,000.

GARDEN CITY, Kan. April six libel suits
were filed i'll the District Court here to-day
claiming in the aggregate $4,000 George A.
Kimball and George H. Reeve, comprising the
firm of Kimball e. Reeve: A. Bennett and w. S.
Smith. comprising the firm of Bennett g. Smith.
and A. E. Masters, each bring suit for $50 900
damages against P. J. Talbot and T.. Fl. Bar
low, publishers of the Democrat weekly paper
published at this place. The same parties also
bring suit against c. F. NJ. Niles. register of the
United States land Office at this place. The
plaintiffs all land attorneys here They al
leee that the publishers willfuly and malicious
ly libeled them by the publication of an article
stating that they had been disbarred from prac-
ticng before the United States Land Office
when such was not the case. The complaints
against Register Niles allece that he procured
the publication. Niles is from Findlay. O.; Tai
bott and Barlow are from Robinson, III.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-08

Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.
WASHINGTON. April 7-Mr. Stipp, Of Coving
ton, Ind, who has been here for some time seek
ing special agency some other position in
the General Land Office. is pressing his case
earnestly now. He was at the Interior Depart
ment today.
Mrs. and Miss Holman are in the city. but will
leave for Indiana and their country home, near
Aurora. next week. Representative Holman is
also here.
The engagement is announced Of Miss Risie
Casilear, of this city, to George B. Cobb son Of
ex- Representative Cobb. of Indiana
Elk Superintendent of Public Instruction Hol-
conbe. of Indianapolis now in New England, is
expected to return here this week.
St Joseph. Mo-, was to-day made national
bank reserve city. It is regarded as rather sim
Rular that Missouri is the only State which has
yet taken advantage of the provisions of the
recent act Of Congress authorizing the establish
ment of central reserve and reserve cities.
Union Bethel. of Warrick county, special ex-
aminer, is among the discharged employees at
the Pension Office. Clerk Benton, another
Hoosier. former resident of Jackson county,
whose dismissal from the Pension Office was
chronicled in Journal special Of last week, is
in fair way to be reinstated.
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More About Kissane.

LANSING. Mich, April LISA Forester,
Japanese merchant of high standing here, fur
nishes chapter of romance concerning
Kissane. Up to the present there was no clew
to the whereabouts of Kissane from the time he
was in Nicaragua to his appearance in Cali
forna Forester supplies the missing chapter
During the Chinese rebellion. in 1857, Forester
capturned by a detachment of rebels and
taken to Shangai with other Jananese prisoners
Here the rebels were overcome by Chinese troops
under the command of American, who was
none other than Kissane. He had secured the
favor of the Emperor through his shrewdn ess
and was raised to the rank of general of the
army. The young Japanese was made kissanes s
body servant Usa and Kissane finally went to
Europe where Kissane visited all the leading
cities
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-08
MINOR MATTERS.

Indications that Mr.. Buckner Will Be APP
pointed to the Place Vacated by Jordan.
Special to the Indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON, Apri, THE Star, this morn
ing, speaking of coming Treasury appointments,
says
''lt is not expected that the appointment of
United States Treasurer will be announced for
some time vet. There is pretty general inn
preston that Mr. Buckner will be the man
named when the time comes At time the
President thought very favorably of MIR. Theo-
dore Cook for the appointment, but gentleman
who has talked with him on the subject is au-
thority for the statement that his name has
ceased to be considered. In nearly all quarters
the opinion is expressed that Mr.. Buckner will
be appointed. At the White House it is neither
denied nor affirmed. They say, though, that
Mr. Buckner s good man. There is nothing
said about the appointment of Second Comptrol-
Ter beyond the suggestion that the deputy, MIR.
McMahan. may be promoted 1t is generally
conceded that Corporation Counsel Lacombe will
be appointed to the new judgeship Of New
York.
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Election swindler Couy,ot.s.

ST. Louis. April Peter r. Morrissev ex
member OF the lower house of the Municipal AS
semby, and one OF the judges of the election in
this city last November, VINO has been on trial
before the United States Circuit Court for the
three days past, for fraudulently registering G
voters and for receiving illegal votes while act
ing as judge of the election. was found guilty
this afternoon of the latter charge. A new grand
jury for the United States Circuit Court was
sworn IN to-day. They wNl continue the ipves-
tieaiion OF election frauds, which was left un-
finished by the previous grand jury, and it is ex.
pected thar more indictments will be found.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-08
A Barb Wire ssCombine."

JOLIET, H.. April THE barb-wire manu-
facturers of the country have perfected scheme
to close down large number of the plants, in
order to decrease the output and raise the price.
There mas been considerable uneasness of late
among them, and although they have been run
and that they are running at loss. The United
Barb-wire Company national concern to
which all the manufacturers belong. proposes to
lease all the plants they can at So per ton year
on their licensed tonnage. So 80 a year
on the tonnage shipped in 1886. with l per cent
of the value of the plants added for three years,
and close them up. 1t is expected that so per
cent will lease, and replies favorable to the
proposition have been rscei we'd from nearly half
of them already.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-08
millionaire pa,ms.s WIN Broken.

Special TO the Irdanapoiis journal.
DETROIT, April Judge Jennison. in the
Circuit Court, this afternoon decided to break
the will of the late Francis Palms. the Detroit
millionaire who left his estate il entail and de-
cided that the property must go to the heirs
law after paying the .eeacies. The suit against
the instrument was brought by Miss Cotilde
Palms, who has attained unwelcome prominence
through the attentions of Senator Jones, of
Florida